Feb

Well, the wait is over! If you haven’t already heard, Samara Rachel (pronounced like Raquel, as in”Welch”) Kirith made her entry into the world at 6:10 p.m. on Saturday, Feb 10, 2001. She weight in at 8 pounds, 10 ounces and measured 20.5 inches. 1 and 5 minute APGARs were 8 and 9, respectively.

I guess this means I win the multi-million $$ pool! Now if all the rest of you who took part in the pool would forward my your $100,000, that would be great! (What, we forgot to mention that part of the deal? … %-)

Leslie and I both, of course, are walking on air! Sami, as we will likely call her is a delight. She shows signs both of being willful and strong (on the physical side, she already raises her head quite well), but also is of a very pleasant disposition, and soothes easily. We are thrilled as we enter this process of getting to know her, and starting to watch and help her develop.

I have to say though, I am extremely proud of Leslie and how she is handling things. The birth was not at all according to her “birth plan” — natural birth with minimal pharacological aids, etc. Instead, because Sami was already quite a bit past her due date, we decided to induce. However, Leslie’s body was not ready for labor, and so things never really got off the ground — the attempts to begin labor ended up in an extended series of nearly constant, very painful, but equally nonproductive contractions — this led to Leslie deciding on an epidural afterall (and after watching what it did, my revised attitude is that modern epidurals are *good!*), and then when things still didn’t progress, we needed to opt for a cesarian birth.

This could have resulted in a lot of disappointment for both of us. However, Leslie, although disappointed that things didn’t go our way, is staying very focused on our beautiful new, healthy baby (as am I), and despite the pain, fatigue, etc., of having to recover from essentially unwanted major surgery, she is focussing on how the end result is *exactly* what we want, rather than thinking about all the things that didn’t go as planned along the way. A supremely healthy and positive attitude , I think. Also, although at this moment, Leslie is in much pain and discomfort, she is maintaining an incredibly calm and positive attitude, and is very agressively and actively forcing herself to do the often painful things that will speed up her recovery.

My hat is off to you, Leslie!

Now, instead of babbling here, I should get back to my two women! So, more later …

  

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1. STILL waiting for baby…
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3. “Paternity Leave”
4. Maternal Brain Damage!
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